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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Organisations authorised to conclude contracts that may be extended to rightsholders who are not members of the organisation

Article R329-16

Authorisation is granted for five years. Approval is renewable under the same conditions as the initial approval.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Closure of the judicial liquidation.

Article R643-22

For the application of article L. 643-12, the debtor shall provide evidence of the suspension of the cheque-writing ban to the credit institution that initiated this measure by submitting a copy of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6362-22

…a deficit likely to lead to the measures for restoring the balance provided for in Article LO 6362-12, it shall inform the local authority or its public establishment concerned and the State represen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6262-22

…a deficit likely to lead to the measures for restoring the balance provided for in Article LO 6262-12, it shall inform the local authority or its public establishment concerned and the State represen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Reporting obligations

Article 223 Q

…declaration of overall income for each financial year under the conditions provided for in Article 223. It attaches a statement of grants and debt write-offs not used to determine the overall result…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-10

…regulated market, the corporate governance report provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37 in addition to the information mentioned in article L. 225-37-4, the following information: 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29-1

…n the issuer's market capitalisation is less than 5 billion euros and more than 2 billion euros, at 120,000 euros when the issuer's market capitalisation is less than 10 billion euros and more than 5…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Maximum period of absence.

Article R2123-10

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 2123-5, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-22

…the enforcement of the sentence has not begun, the representative of the public prosecutor's office may, at any time, decide to withdraw the certificate, subject to article 728-22-1. He shall inform t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-29-3

…of the removal or containment work on materials and products in list A mentioned in article R. 1334-29, the owner shall have a person mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1334-23 carry out a…

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